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Virtual Skies
http://virtualskies.arc.nasa.gov/
Virtual Skies
Explore the exciting worlds of aviation technology and air traffic management.

The Aviation Herald
http://avherald.com/
The Aviation Herald
Incidents and News in Aviation ... i.e. daily problems with flights and Aircraft Emergency Reports.

The Study of Flight
http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow2/oct98/index.html
The Study of Flight
A 4th grade Team Project with ....

Forces of Flight
http://www.fi.edu/flights/own2/forces.html
Forces of Flight

Amazing Paper Airplanes
http://www.amazingpaperairplanes.com/
Amazing Paper Airplanes
The paper airplanes presented in this web page include my old favorites as well as new designs that I recently created for my grand-children. This web page is made to share my designs world wide with other children, their parents and their teachers who enjoy paper airplanes.

A YouTube just for Flight Videos
http://www.takeofftube.com/
A "YouTube" just for Flight Videos
"We are the premier source for Aviation related video content.TakeoffTube was the first and original video content website to cater to the Aviation enthusiasts community.
We opened our doors to the world wide web in December of 2007 and have grown non-stop since, and we owe it all to you, the Aviation Community that always seems to find a creative way to continually add new content."

Zoom Birds
http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/subject/birds/
You might find some information here about birds that help you find out how they can fly... and if not... and after that you'll have some fun with the bird jokes.

FBOweb (Flight Tracking)
http://fboweb.com/flighttracking/
FBOweb
-You can track flights (on a map)
-You can get a listing of flights coming to or going from a particular airport (an Airport Summary)
-You can receive an email or page to your pager or cell phone whenever a flight files a flight plan, arrives or departs
PLUS A WHOLE LOT MORE ....

Flight : Photographs : 1920s Charles Lindbergh
http://images.google.com/images?q=1920s+Charles+Lindbergh+source:life
Flight : Photographs : 1920s Charles Lindbergh
Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google.

Paper Airplane Designs
http://www.paper-airplane-designs.co.uk
Clear instructions for 21 paper airplanes to fold and fly from an excellent paper airplanes site.

Flight (pbs)
http://pbskids.org/wayback/flight/
As America marked the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers' first airplane flight, this site will help kids learn about the stories behind the celebration.
Visitors can find out about how Orville and Wilbur Wright became interested in flight and how they tried to get their ideas off the ground.
The site also highlights other firsts, like the first U.S. Air Mail pilots and early stunt pilots or barnstormers like Bessie Coleman, who was also the first African American woman pilot. A modern-day barnstormer (and commercial pilot) Susan Dacy tells kids what got her interested in flying and what keeps her excited.
And a glimpse at the history of aviation is revealed through portraits of aviation pioneers.

360 degree photo of A380 Airbus Cockpit
http://www.gillesvidal.com/blogpano/cockpit1.htm
360 degree photo of A380 Airbus Cockpit .. amazing

Flight in Birds and Aeroplanes (video lecture)
http://www.vega.org.uk/video/programme/84
Flight in Birds and Aeroplanes (video lecture)
John Maynard Smith, University of Sussex
John Maynard Smith, one of our most eminent evolutionary biologists and scientific communicators originally trained as an engineer and spent the war years designing aircraft. He describes the way that flight developed in the animal kingdom. The fossil record indicates that the long tails which stabilised the flight of the first birds evolved into shorter, less stable, structures which allowed greater agility.

Flight : Videos and PowerPoints
http://flightvideos.blogspot.com/
Flight : Videos and PowerPoints
The link above goes to one of the Shambles "Forest of Theme Blogs" pages that provides videos and other multimedia resources to support the topic here.
If you would like to see all of the Theme Blogs then go to the full list at http://www.shambles.net/blogforest or click where you see this button

Alka-Seltzer Experiments
http://www.alka-seltzer.com/as/experiment/student_experiment.htm
Alka-Seltzer Experiments
Not only does Alka-Seltzer help you to feel better fast, it's also pretty cool to watch!
The familiar fizzing you hear when you drop an Alka-Seltzer tablet into a glass of water is the result of a chemical reaction. It's also the perfect tool for demonstrating some very nifty science principles; things like the factors affecting the rates of chemical reactions, or the colors produced by a chemical reaction.
The Effect of Temperature on Rate of Reaction | The Effect of Particle Size on Rate of Reaction | The Effect of Concentration of the Reactants | Factors which effect the rate of chemical reactions | Chemistry Colors - Mix and Match | It's Chemical! | Why does Alka-Seltzer | Alka Rockets |

How Airplanes Fly
http://www.tcet.unt.edu/weblibrary2/?subject=science
How do airplanes fly? Over the last 100 years, airplanes have secured a place of importance in our society.
resources | standards | video (11 minutes 6 seconds) | download (29 Mb) | 32 slides (2 Mb) |

Easy Paper Airplanes
http://www.easy-paper-airplanes.com
Easy Paper Airplanes
Hours of fun for you and your child. Download easy-to-make paper airplane designs today.

Instructions to Build a Water Rocket
http://users.bigpond.net.au/mechtoys/waterrocket.html
Instructions to Build a Water Rocket
Water rockets are a heap of fun. Their performance is amazingly good. Other people have reported getting their rockets to go as high as 90 metres or even 200 metres for a two-stage rocket. They are certainly the fastest and most spectacular of any of the toys from the mechanical toys page.

Flight Virtual Field Trip
http://www.tramline.com/cross/flight/index.htm
Flight Virtual Field Trip
Flight: A Virtual Adventure for Grades 3-6 By Karen Krupnick: Teacher
Flight is a topic that is as appealing to adults as it is to children. The long history of the development of flying structures tells the story of perseverance and technical knowledge that was demonstrated so well by their inventors

Paper Airplane Factory
http://www.littlebitsmultimedia.com/littlebits/html/PaperAirplaneFactory.htm
Paper Airplane Factory
Create beautifully colored and patterned paper airplanes on your PC . Add decals and insignia. Print out, fold, and fly your creations. Includes patterns for fast planes, gliders, stunt planes. Custom options allow for dozens of possible combinations

CyberHunt Library - Celebrate Flight
http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/nov03_flight_teacher.htm
CyberHunt Library - Celebrate Flight
Invite your class to try this Internet-based hunt, suitable for middle- and upper-graders. Before you begin, distribute the reproducible page, below. Then direct students to the interactive hunt at www.scholastic.com/cyberhuntkids

Wright Brothers Papers
http://www.paperlessarchives.com/wright_brothers_papers.html
15,100 pages of Wright Brothers papers. Documents include: correspondence, diaries, notebooks, drawings, printed matter, legal documents, and other documents ranging from 1881 to 1952

Build a Bubble-Powered Rocket
http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/rocket.htm
Build a Bubble-Powered Rocket

How Does a Kite Fly?
http://www.skratch-pad.com/kites/fly.html
How Does a Kite Fly?
Have you ever wondered how a kite flies? Well, let me tell you!
Think of the kite as a sail boat, catching the air. The air tries to push the kite along like the sail boat. But the string the flyer holds keeps the kite tethered. Since the kite cannot go with the wind flow and the kite is tilted so that the air is deflected downward, the kite has no where to go but up.

Aviation for Little Folks
http://spacelink.nasa.gov/Instructional.Materials/On-line.Educational.Activities/Aviation/index.html
Aviation for Little Folks
Learn and label the parts of an airplane, read about what makes an airplane fly, make paper airplanes, and perform flight tests with the airplanes.
Have you ever wondered why a heavy airplane can stay in the air and not fall to the ground? These activities will help you to understand. Follow the five steps below. Each step will take you to NASA websites that teach you about airplanes and how they work.

Flight - Virtual Field Trip
http://www.field-trips.org/cross/flight/index.htm
A field trip created with TourMaker guides you through a sequence of Web pages on any given topic. For each page, there is simultaneous commentary in an accompanying frame. You move forward and back through the Field Trip using the tour Control Panel and you can leave the Tour to explore links and return to it whenever you want.
Flight is a topic that is as appealing to adults as it is to children. The long history of the development of flying structures tells the story of perseverance and technical knowledge that was demonstrated so well by their inventors.
The Web sites in this adventure will point out the scientific principles that make flight possible, as well as the fascinating history of its evolution. The people who made each step come to life are highlighted as well. Several of the sites are interactive and therefore invite students to be active participants in the learning experience.

Paper Aeroplanes
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/1817/
I'm Ken Blackburn, and this web site is here to share what I know about paper airplanes. I held the Guinness record for time aloft for paper airplanes from 1983 to 1996 and have just regained the Guinness record with a flight of 27.6 seconds.

Gander Academy
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/themes.html
From this site (Built by a Canadian School) you will find lots of links to Hot air ballooning / airships / aviation / Wright Brothers / Amelia Earhart / WW1 aeroplanes / paper aeroplanes / science of flight

K-8 Aeronautics / Flight
http://muttley.ucdavis.edu/
"The K-8 Aeronautics Internet Textbook " is an electronic multimedia text, teachers' supplement and student workbook designed to be used over the internet in conjunction with the World Wide Web. This "electronic textbook" presents a comprehensive, cohesive study of the science of aeronautics at a level elementary and middle school students and their instructors can easily understand and enjoy. Internet communication media include written text, sign language for the deaf, still pictures, and short video clips.

Find It Quick : Flight
http://www.finditquick.com/topics/5/17.html
Find out who broke the sound barrier, discover Amelia Earhart's great achievement, learn about a balloon that went around the world, see what stealth technology is all about, take an aircraft quiz.

The Power of Flight
http://abcnews.go.com/century/timelines/flight.html
A "GREAT" timeline showing the history of flight .... HIGHLY recommended.... good for a wall display. (although a little USA-centric .. where is the 'Spitfire'?)